Two teachers from north Warwickshire will trigger a debate on fair trade when they star alongside celebrity chefs on television next week.

Deb Gajic and Sharon Simons, who teach at Polesworth High School, travelled to London to compete on the BBC cookery show, Ready, Steady, Cook, which goes out at 4.30pm on Thursday.

Deb, who lives in Nuneaton, is head of social science at the Polesworth school, while Sharon is the school's development education co-ordinator. The school is linked with Pampawie Secondary School in Ghana.

Their appearance on the show gave them the opportunity to promote the concept of fair trade alongside the Polesworth school's link with its sister school in Africa.

"It was our main motivation for appearing on the programme and we were not disappointed," said Deb.

"Our bags, which allow spending of up to &#xA3;7.50, contained a variety of fairly traded and organic ingredients which opened the opportunity to discuss the issues."

Show host Ainsley Harriott asked celebrity chefs Ross Burden and Tony Tobin if they had ever been to Africa.

Deb said: "Ainsley was clearly as passionate about a fair price for farmers as he was about food.

"We had a fantastic day and when the vote came in, there was a single vote between Red Tomatoes and Green Peppers. Yes, they do actually stop filming and count them properly. Ours were counted twice."

The &#xA3;100 prize to the winner was donated directly to the funds to furnish a study centre in Pampawie which aims to improve access to high quality education.

A hamper and several other autographed memorabilia will be raffled at next week's screening in school to raise further funds for Polesworth's link with Africa.